"A good country" -- The annual cycle of bison and hunters -- Trade, warfare, and diplomacy from A.D. 200 to the eve of equestrian era -- Migrants from every direction: communities of the northwestern plains to 1750 -- The horse and gun revolution, 1700-1770 -- The right hand of death, 1766-82 -- "Many broils and animosities", 1782-95 -- The apogee of the northern coalition, 1794-1806